- Ralph
At 08:56 AM 8/14/2003 -0400, Keith Moore wrote:
> Another potential advantage for IPv6 that is a little harder to quantify is > the notion of "graceful" renumbering - the ability to have a transition > state in which both the old and new prefixes are in use simultaneously.
the effect of this on renumbering cost is going to be highly site-dependent. "graceful" renumbering offers the potential to renumber with zero downtime, and without breaking open connections. if you lose a substantial amount of money for every minute of downtime, this matters a lot.
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